Argentine businessman Enrique Shaw one step closer to beatification — By: Catholic News Agency

Venerable Enrique Shaw. / Credit: Acdeano, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Buenos Aires, Argentina, Jun 21, 2025 / 09:00 am (CNA). The cause for canonization of Venerable Enrique Shaw, an Argentine husband, father, and businessman remembered for his vocation of service and his close ties to the working class, took another step forward at the…

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Pope tells politicians that AI should serve human beings, not replace them  — By: Catholic News Agency

The pope told the political leaders that “natural law, which is universally valid apart from and above other more debatable beliefs, constitutes the compass by which to take our bearings in legislating and acting.” / Credit: Vatican Media Vatican City, Jun 21, 2025 / 09:30 am (CNA). Pope Leo urged political leaders from around the…

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New study reveals the rosary rivals modern meditation for mental health benefits  — By: Catholic News Agency

null / Credit: Sasapin Kanka|Shutterstock Brussels, Belgium, Jun 21, 2025 / 08:00 am (CNA). In an era where mindfulness apps dominate smartphones and meditation studios populate urban corners, a new groundbreaking international study suggests that the ancient Catholic prayer practice of praying the rosary may offer comparable mental health benefits to Eastern-inspired meditation techniques. The…

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‘He’s one of us’: New short film chronicles Pope Leo XIV’s Chicago life before papacy — By: Catholic News Agency

The outside of Guaranteed Rate Field, where the Chicago White Sox baseball team plays. / Credit: Spirit Juice Studios CNA Staff, Jun 21, 2025 / 07:00 am (CNA). From popping a wheelie in front of Pope Leo XIV’s childhood home to sitting in “the pope’s chair” at a favorite local pizzeria, filmmaker Rob Kaczmark appeared…

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Pope Leo XIV on AI: ‘All of us are concerned for children and young people’ — By: Catholic News Agency

null / Credit: LookerStudio/Shutterstock Vatican City, Jun 20, 2025 / 18:46 pm (CNA). Pope Leo XIV has issued a fresh warning about the negative effects that artificial intelligence (AI) can have on the “intellectual and neurological development” of rising generations, along with a call to confront the “loss of the sense of the human” that…

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Archbishop ‘shocked and disappointed’ by House of Commons’ passage of assisted suicide bill — By: Catholic News Agency

The British Parliament building in London. / Credit: Marinesea/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Jun 20, 2025 / 17:21 pm (CNA). British lawmakers in the House of Commons passed a bill on Friday legalizing assisted suicide for terminally ill patients in England and Wales in spite of warnings from Catholic bishops. To become law, the bill still needs…

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